Ex-broadcaster Faulk wins 3.5 million libel verdict
Former radio and TV personality John Henry Faulk was awarded 3.5 million dollars in libel damages after an 11 week trial against Aware Inc and two individuals. The jury sided 11 to 1 with Faulk, granting 1 million dollars in compensatory damages and 1.25 million in punitive damages from each defendant, with limits on Johnson’s estate.
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NEW York
John Henry Faulk
Faulk
Aware, Inc
Vincent W. Hartnett
Laurence A. Johnson
Syracuse
N. Y
Bronx
Aware
Hartnett
Johnson
Freeman tests steps to curb Estes style scandals
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman told the Senate Investigations Subcommittee he has issued directives and policy statements to tighten procedures and ensure state and county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees report irregularities immediately. He promised copies of the directives as Chairman McClellan pressed for documents and crossfire questions about department officials and Estes money manipulations.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Freeman
Washington
Agricul
Tural
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Eisenhower
Senate Investigations
Department
Charles S. Murphy
Estes
Can JFK Keep The Victory?
President Kennedy and his lawmakers won a House vote on the trade expansion bill 298 to 125, with a bipartisan tilt. They now plan Senate strategy to maintain momentum and replace the old trade law that expires Saturday at midnight.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Europe
Congress
Churchill to undergo operation on fractured thigh
Sir Winston Churchill will be operated on tonight for a fractured left thigh at Middlesex Hospital. The operation follows his return from Monte Carlo where he injured himself in a hotel room fall. Doctors say the fracture will be treated by an open operation and that his condition is as satisfactory as possible after the long journey.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Sir Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
Monte Carlo
Winston
CPA Tells Of Burch Payments In Highway Sign Case
Raleigh AP A certified public accountant testified that Kidd Brewer led Interstate Services Inc a Raleigh firm that received over 24000 from highway sign firms in 1958 and paid 5000 to Robert M Burch son of a former highway engineer The testimony covered 1958 with possible later figures and noted Brewer funded 6750 in scholarship aid to Burch who just graduated from Duke University The state alleges elder Burch rigged sign procurement specs to aid Newark New Jersey firms Traffic and Street Sign Co and Pfaff and Kendall Crow said Interstate Services had no machinery and was housed in his Raleigh office
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Raleigh
Kidd Brewer
Robert M. Burch
Gene Crow
Brewer
Interstate Services Inc
Charles Hagan
Robert A. Burch
Burch
Duke University
Highway Department
Traffic and Street Sign Co
Pfaff and Kendall
Newark
N. J
Crow
North Carolina
Interstate Services
Young Burch
Kennedy Receives Massive Mexico City Welcome
President Kennedy arrived in Mexico City for a three day visit drawing hundreds of thousands along the airport route and in central streets. He urged a peaceful revolution of social justice and economic progress as Mexico and the United States pursue Alliance for Progress. He met with President Lopez Mateos to discuss Cuba and regional relations amid a large nationalist reception.
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William L. Ryan
Mexico City
Kennedy
Mexico
United States
U.S
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Americas
Lopez Mateos
Castro
Alliance For Progress
Geneva
Los Pinos
Cortez
Avenida Juarez
Paseo de la Reforma
Kennedys
Jacqueline
Andrews Air Force Base
White House Lawn
Soblen Faces Expulsion as Israel Considers Return to U.S.
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, a bail-jumping fugitive and former Soviet spy, faces possible expulsion from Israel after authorities, led by Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, weigh returning him to the United States to begin a life sentence. Ailing Soblen showed up in Ramleh Prison hospital as Israel debates handling despite no extradition treaty.
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Jerusalem
U.S
Robert A. Soblen
United States
David Ben-Gurion
Soblen
Israel
U.S. State Department
Rockland State Hospital
Orangeburg
N.Y
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
83 Year Old Prospector Fights Off Attackers At Cabin
An 83 year old former gold prospector Tony Lunsford fought off two armed assailants with a pistol at his mountain cabin 15 miles west of Asheville. Two attackers were wounded and two others arrested for armed robbery. The wounded men claimed they were shot during a poker game. Police found a crashed 1950s Ford with bloodstains and a rifle in the car.
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Asheville
Klondike
Tony Lunsford
Here
Lunsford
Leicester
Lincolnton
Searcy
North First Street
Maiden
Harris
Donald Harris
Lincolpton
Spindale
Harrises
Rhineheart
Insurance Director Charles F Gold dies after lengthy illness
Rutherfordton North Carolina AP Charles F Gold long time North Carolina insurance commissioner died after a respiratory illness at age 50 at his home in Rutherfordton He had undergone major surgery earlier and reportedly showed improvement before lapsing into a coma Funeral services will be held at St Francis Episcopal Church Gold survived by wife Estine Bailey and two daughters Patsy and Elizabeth He served in state government including the Senate and as a Young Democrats official Governor Sanford called him an outstanding public leader and ordered state flags at half mast.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
Charles F. Gold
North Carolina
Gold
Terry Sanford
University of North Carolina Law School
Rutherford County Recorder’s Court
Rep
A. L. Bulwinkle
State Senate
Young Democratic
Ellen
Boro
Ernestine Bailey
Patsy
Elizabeth
Western Carolina College
St. Francis Episcopal Church
William Edwards
Gov. Sanford
Charlie Gold
Election Will Fill Golds Job After Death
North Carolina plans to fill Insurance Commissioner Charles F. Golds post in the fall general election. A candidate will serve the remaining two years. the governor will appoint an interim appointee. The Democratic and Republican parties will nominate their candidates, while a state highway patrol motorcade will transport officials to Rutherfordton for Golds funeral.
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Raleigh
Charles F. Gold
Gold
Atty
Wade Bruton
Democratic Executive Committee
Republican Executive Committee
GOP
Market Keeps Rally Rolling in Heavy New York Trading
The market extended its rally at a moderate pace in heavy trading in New York. Investors welcomed defense contract awards and rising manufacturers orders as the Dow Jones industrial average rose to 560.91 by noon, with most leading stocks up a few cents to about a dollar.
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New York
Ito
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Marvin L. Harris
Crowell Hospital
Charles Henry Rhineheart
Malden
Gamble Hospital
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Memorial Mission Hospital
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